Core Curriculum
Core curriculum are the subjects and areas of study that are central to the lesson plan design of the Education for Life program. To identify these subjects we adopted the California Department of Education guidelines (because they are some of the most comprehensive and strict in the nation), added in the national SAT/ACT expectations for grade 7 and beyond, referenced the US Common Core State Standards Documents, and then double checked our curriculum and goals against the best selling and #1 teacher recommended Spectrum Test Prep workbook series. The goal of the core curriculum is to provide maximum opportunity and the most thorough and comprehensive educational foundation possible for anyone participating in the Education for Life program.
For those interested in using this as part of a traditional higher-education path, additional goals using this educational foundation are:
- Exceptional scores on the SAT/ACTs
- Receiving scholarships, pre-college credit, and/or advanced college placement
- Development of skill sets that make students recruitable and desirable in the job market
RELATED PAGES
EDUCATION OVERVIEW ● CURRICULUM OVERVIEW ● HOW TO USE THIS PROGRAM









WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE TO EVOLVING THIS EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH US
SUGGESTIONS ● CONSULTANTS ● PIONEERS
CORE CURRICULUM GRADES 1-6
US Common Core Standards for Math PDF ● US Core Standards for All Other Subjects PDF
The following curriculum is considered One Community Core Curriculum for grades 1-6. Each of these curriculum items is specifically included in the related curriculum details pages (click here for the overview) and marked with an asterisk (*) for easy reference. We are also creating open-source all-ages lesson plans interconnecting all these subjects and the more comprehensive curriculum details found here:












STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING
Learning, memorization, recall, and test-taking strategies
The World’s Largest Online Free-Education Resource Archive
ENGLISH
- Literature
- Language:
- Speaking
- Reading
- Listening
- Spelling
- Handwriting
- Composition



MATH
- Thru basic algebra and geometry
- Concepts
- Operational skills
- Problem solving



SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Geography
- History:
- US and state history of resources, development, and government
- World History
- Political science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Man’s relations to his human and natural environment
- Eastern and western cultures and civilizations
- Contemporary issues
- The wise use of natural resources








SCIENCE
- Biological and physical aspects
- The processes of experimental inquiry
- Humanity’s place in ecological systems





ART AND MUSIC
- Aesthetic appreciation
- The skills of creative expression


HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- Individual health
- Family health
- Community health
- Minimum of 200 minutes each 10 school days + recesses and lunch period




CORE CURRICULUM GRADES 7+
US Common Core Standards for Math PDF ● US Core Standards for All Other Subjects PDF
The following curriculum is considered One Community Core Curriculum for grades 7 and beyond. Each of these curriculum items is specifically included in the related curriculum details pages (click here for the overview) and marked with two asterisks (**) for easy reference. We are also creating open-source all-ages lesson plans interconnecting all these subjects and the more comprehensive curriculum details found here:












STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING
Learning, memorization, recall, and test-taking strategies.
ENGLISH
- Literature
- Genres
- Arguments
- Word connotations
- Meanings and themes
- Form, structure, and organization
- Figurative language and imagery
- Narrative voice
- Characterization
- Language:
- Composition
- Speaking
- Reading
- Listening




MATH
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Trigonometry
- Algebraic functions
- Pre-calculus and calculus
- Data analysis, statistics, and probability
- Use of graphing and scientific calculators for all of the above


SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Geography
- US History
- US Political History
- US Economic History
- US Social History
- US Intellectual and Cultural History
- US Foreign Policy
- US and state history of resources, development, and government
- World History
- Significant events prehistory-500 C.E.
- Significant events 500-1500 C.E.
- Significant events 1500-1900 C.E.
- Significant events post-1900 C.E.
- Significant historical events of Europe
- Significant historical events of Southwest Asia
- Significant historical events of Africa
- Significant historical events of East Asia
- Significant historical events of South and Southeast Asia
- Significant historical events of the Americas (excluding the US)
- Political science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- American legal system
- The juvenile and adult criminal justice systems
- The rights and duties of citizens under the criminal and civil law and the State and Federal Constitutions
- The American economic system and the role of the entrepreneur and labor
- The relations of people to their human and natural environment
- Eastern and western cultures and civilizations
- Human rights issues:
- Genocide
- Slavery
- The Holocaust
- Contemporary issues









FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) (beginning not later than grade 7)
- Understanding
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing


PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- Minimum of 400 minutes each 10 school days + recesses and lunch period


SCIENCE
- Basic concepts, theories, and processes of scientific investigation
- The place of humans in ecological systems
- Applications of the interrelation and interdependence of the sciences
- Biology
- Life processes, interactions and adaptations
- The movement of materials and energy through living communities
- The successional development of ecosystems
- The abundance and distribution of organisms and biodiversity in the context of the environment
- Molecular biology and the interactions between the various systems of a cell
- Chemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Inorganic chemistry
- Analytical chemistry
- Physical chemistry
- Physics
- Mechanics
- Electricity and magnetism
- Waves forms and wave motion
- Heat, kinetic theory and thermodynamics
- Modern physics (quantum mechanics, atomic theory, etc.)





FINE ARTS, APPLIED ARTS, AND VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL EDUCATION
- Art
- Music
- Drama
- Aesthetic appreciation
- The skills of creative expression
- Consumer and homemaking education
- Industrial arts
- General business education
- General agriculture
- Vocational/Technical Education


AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS EDUCATION
- Vehicle Code and other laws of this state relating to the operation of motor vehicles
- Personal responsibility in traffic
- Causes, seriousness, and consequences of traffic accidents
- The safe operation of motor vehicles
- The safe operation of motorcycles

OTHER RESOURCES
We're building a resource section. Click here if you have a suggestion or resource for this page.
OPEN SOURCE SUBJECT RESOURCES (click icons for complete pages)


OPEN SOURCE CURRICULUM OUTLINES (click image for summaries and links to complete pages)
CARE




SHARE




PLAY




OPEN SOURCE TEACHING METHODOLOGY SUMMARIES
Montessori | Waldorf | Orff | Reggio | Multi-Intelligence | Bloom's Taxonomy | Study Tech | I-WE
INDEX OF ALL THE ONE COMMUNITY OPEN SOURCE LESSON PLANS

Click this image for the Lesson Plans for Life page with links to the rest of the lesson plans
THE WORLD'S LARGEST ONLINE FREE EDUCATION RESOURCE ARCHIVE
RELATED CONTENT AND OTHER RELATED RESOURCES
We're building this resource section. Click here if you have a suggestion or resource for this page.

Connect with One Community